Do Vegetables and Fruits Have Less Nutrition Today?”

We all know that eating lots of fruits and vegetables everyday is important for our diets and health. But recent studies conclude that vegetables and fruits today are less nutritious than they were even just 50 years ago. That is why taking a comprehensive liquid vitamin and mineral supplement is crucial in caring for yourself and your family.

Donald R. Davis, PhD from the University of Texas in Austin published an article in HortScience that has gained a great deal of media attention. He states that more crops are now grown in a given space which almost always results in lower nutrient levels in the fruits and vegetables. He found that minerals, vitamins and protein levels in a variety of fruits and veggies show a significant decline of anywhere from 5-40%!

According to Dr. Michael Wald, an integrated medicine specialist in Mt. Kisco, NY, the soil has been so over-harvested after years of use that it becomes depleted in nutrition. “All crops growing in depleted soil must therefore be depleted in nutritional content.”

“Poor farming practices lead to sick plants, depleted soil and the need for higher and higher doses of pesticides and herbicides to ward off what healthy plants would naturally ward off,” says Cherie Calborn, MS, a clinical nutritionist and author if The Juice Lady’s Living Foods Revolution.

Here are a few tips to increase the nutritional value of your veggies and fruits:

Try to get locally grown produce so minimal vitamins and minerals are lost in the time from the farm to the table.

Frozen vegetables are a better choice to retain more nutrition than fresh ones that have taken many days to get to the store.

Chop rough, bigger pieces rather than dicing to reduce the exposure of the produce to the air which results in a greater loss of nutrients.

The less time you cook produce the more nutrients they retain. Eating them raw is the best choice.

Remember to supplement your food daily with Passion 4 Life liquid vitamins and minerals. It is no longer possible for you to get enough nutrition from your food no matter how healthy you eat. Fifty years ago a scientist testifying before Congress stated that a bunch of carrots (at that time) had the nutritional value of a toothpick! Imagine what it would be in today’s soils. Just one delicious tasting ounce of Passion 4 Life a day can help you replace what you are missing in your body nutritionally.

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clinical studies are provided here in (.pdf) format.